The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-12

To all OF this Co. gfs lianu,ei, and
the learned gentle en depst I'd ssso ig him
that their orders wore 81 ini Wi'h our
wishes In every WI lui fb.. plss.ile, our
views should be mi
Imagine, theref, cle rpuu I'D dis
gust of myself, an u and tl1re Sir
Henry, whom, on yong l. room Whtre we
were accustomed b lrrY on our lut, rs, the
following morning found Instead Il our
usual venerable tut US ll..7 ~ ll' l look
ing young women whom 3. +,a.s ovuit. pro-
duce-and that IL saying a good deal-who
blushed and smiled and courtesied, and gave
us to understand that they were there to carry
on our instruction. Then Good, as we gazed
at one another in bewildermertt, thought fit
to explain, saying that it had slipped his mem
DRY before-but the old gentlemen had told
him, on the previous evening, that it was alb
solutely necessary that our further education
should be carried on by the other sex. Twas
overwhelmed, and appealed to Sir Henry for
advice in such u crisis.
"Well," he said, "you see tho ladies are
here, amt theyi II we sent them away, don't
you think it might hurt their feelings, ehi
One doesn't like to be rough, you see; and
they look regular blues, don't they, ehp
BY this time Good had already begun his
lessons with the handsomest of thb three, and
SO with a sigh | yielded. That day every
thing went very well; the young ladies were
certainly very clever, and they only smiled
when we Numbered. | never saw Good so
attentive TO his books before, and even Sir
Henry appeared to tackle Zu-Vendi with
renewed zest "Ah," thought 1, "wiil it al
ways be thus"
Next day we were much more lively; IN
work was pleasingly interspersed with ques-
tions about our native country, what tho Va
dies were like there, ETC., all of which wo nn-
swered as best we could in Iu-Verdi, ana
heard Good assuring his teacher tina ner love.
illness was to tho beauties Of Europa az The sun
to tho moon; to which she replied With little
toss of the head that she was pla.. teaching
woman and nothing else, and that it Va rot
kind ITO deceive n poor girl So" Then 7s
had little singing that was really charming,
so natural and unaffected. The Zp-Vendi
love songs are most touching. On the third
day we were all quito intimate. Good mar
rated some of his previous love affairs to his
fair teacher, and so moved wis she
that her signs mingled with his own. l DIS
coursed with mine, n merry, blue eyed girl,
upon Zu-Vendian art, and never saw that she
was waiting for an opportunity to drop
specimen of the cockroach tribe down my
back, while in the corner Sir Henry and his
governess appeared, so far as l could Judge,
to be going through lesson framed on the
great educational principles laid down by
Wackford Squeers, Esq, though in very
modified or rather spiritualized form. The
4 ~, fpy
"hand, ;" and he took hers; "eyes, and he gazed
deep into her brown orbs; slips" and but
Just at that moment my young lady dropped
the cockroach down my back and ran away
laughing. Now, if there is one thing loath
more than another it is cockroaches, and
moved quite beyond myself, and yet laugh
ing at her impudence, took up the cush lon
she had been sitting OH and threw it after
her. Imagine then my shame, my horror
and my distress, when the door opened, arid,
attended by two guards only, in walked Ny
leptha. The cushion could not be recalled
it missed the girl and hit one of the guards
on the head, but instantly and Intellectually
tried to look as though had not thrown IL
Good ceased his signing, and began to mui}
der Zu-Vendi at the top of his voice, and Sit
Henry whistled and looked silly As for tho
Door girls, they were utterly dumfounded. |
And Nyepthai she drew herself up till herI
frame seemed to tower even above that of the)
tall guards, and her face went first red and
then pale as death
"Guards," she said, in a quiet, choked
voice, and pointing at the fair but uncon-
scious disciple of Wackford Squeers, "slay
me that woman"
The men hesitated, as well they might.
"Will We do my biddingp she said, again in
the same voice, cor will ye mott"
Then they advanced upon the girl with
uplifted spears. BY this time Sir Henry had
recovered himself, and saw that the comedy
was likely to turn into tragedy
"Stand back" he said, in a voice Of thun-
der, at the same time getting in front of the
terrified girl. "Shame on thee, Nyleptha-
shamel Thou shalt not kill her."
Doubtless thou hast good reason to try to
protect her. Thou couldst hardly do less in
honor" answered the Infatuated queen; "but
she shall die--she shall die.' and she stamped
her little foot.
at is well,n he answered: "then will die
with her. | am thy servant, o queen; do
with me even as thou wilt" and he bowed to-
ward her. and fixed his clear eyes contemptu-
ously on her face.
II coald wish to STAY thee, too" she an
swered; "for thou dost make mock OF me-"
and then feeling that she was mastered, and
| suppose not knowing what else to do, she
burst into such a storm Of tears, and looked
so royalty lovely in her passionate distr,Ts
that, old as l am, must say l envied Curtis
his task of supporting her. 1t was rather ID
to see him holding her in his arms consider 1g
what had just passed; a thought that seemsd
to occur to herself, for presently she wrenched
herself free and went, leaving us all much
disturbed.
+ Presently, however, one of the guards io
turned with message TO the girls that they
were. on main of DEATH to leave the city and